Chapter 1064: Zhou Gongjin's Water Master was also defeated
Thousands of warships, lying across the river, are very magnificent.
But when the fifty warships in Xu Huang's hands appeared, they were even more eye-catching.
Each warship carried as little as a thousand people and as many as 2,000 people.
Huge warships, breaking the waves on the Yangtze River.
On each side of the ship, there were sixteen oars.
There were a total of thirty-two soldiers, and at the same time they rocked the oars, even if they went upstream, the speed of the warship was faster than those small boats in Yangzhou, Sun Jingzhou.
With those small boats in Yangzhou in Jingzhou, Xu Huang only needs to let people drive the warships directly to crash over, and he can knock over all those small boats.
It's like an adult, facing a hundred kindergarten children, going straight in and rampage.
In the face of fifty warships, the 100,000 sailors trained by Zhou Yu were almost impossible to jump into the gang battle.
Even if the two warships approached, it would be difficult for the sailors on Zhou Yu's side to climb onto Zhao Jun's warship.
Looking at the fifty warships going upriver on the river, Zhou Yu had already arranged dozens of soldiers with good water quality, took off their clothes and armor, and dived into the water naked.
They had hammers and chisels in their hands. One by one, they floated and loomed in the water.
Some people can even hold their breath for a cup of tea under the water in one breath.
"Get into the water."
Seeing Zhou Yu's sailor army diving underwater, Xu Huang also arranged for some people to go into the water.
Although the bottom of Zhao Jun's warship was wrapped in iron sheets, it was not foolproof.
Xu Huang and Lu Meng are in Qingzhou and have been training these sailors for many years.
These landlubbers at the beginning are now also proficient in water.
Although it is still not as good as Jingzhou and Yangzhou, these sailors who have been soaked in water since childhood have good water quality.
But everyone in the water can also fight with a dagger.
The soldiers in Yangzhou each held the hammer and chisel in their hands, while Xu Huang held a one-inch-long dagger in their backhand.
Under water, the weapon is too long and does not work well.
The best thing to use is a short dagger.
Even underwater, it can easily pierce the enemy's body.
On the contrary, it is a long weapon, which is difficult to use underwater.
The undercurrent under the water surges, and the red flowers slowly rise from the water to the surface, and then bloom like a rose.
Zhou Yu's ship is small, and his current strategy is to scuttle through Xu Huang's warship.
A thousand ships floated on the river, but they did not approach Xu Huang.
He was waiting for the underwater soldiers to make meritorious contributions.
And Xu Huang did not let the warship continue to approach.
However, fifty warships, with their bows turned around, were facing Zhou Yu's 100,000 sailors on the side.
On the side of the ship, there stood a row of soldiers.
A small catapult appeared on the side of the ship.
Then, the clay pot that frightened Zhou Yu was moved out.
One by one, the clay pots flew up from the fifty warships and smashed towards Zhou Yu's navy more than 20 zhang away.
Since he had gunpowder, how could Zhao Hui leave out the warship.
Someone had already been sent to secretly send these clay pots to Qingzhou.
From today on, the so-called water or naval battles are no longer the old jumping gangs, but bombarded with gunpowder.
Boom, boom, boom!
A series of explosions.
Many of the 1,000 warships in Zhou Yu's hands were suddenly hit, and the sound of explosions echoed on the river, and one by one the warships were sunk.
The Soochow sailors on the ship let out screams one by one.
However, they were very good at the water, and those who fell into the water climbed into other warships.
"Distance."
Zhou Yu's face was ugly.
I really didn't expect that the gunpowder in Zhao Hui's hand could also be used in water warfare.
He was still studying how to make gunpowder, but Zhao Hui had already applied gunpowder to the battlefields everywhere.
Since ancient times, battles have been like this, whether they are siege battles or water battles.
Everyone is coordinated with infantry, cavalry, and chariots.
But now everything has changed.
Why is this happening?
Zhou Yu led the ships of the navy division to retreat, but Xu Huang ordered fifty ships to advance.
As soon as the distance is closer, it will be bombarded with gunpowder.
Although the warships in Xu Huang's hands were larger, they were not bulky, and they were faster than those in Zhou Yu's hands.
Xu Huang, who had gunpowder in his hand, didn't need to get close to Zhou Yu's warship.
Anyway, it's an indiscriminate bombardment with gunpowder.
Not to mention that in Zhou Yu's hands, there are only more than 1,000 warships, even 10,000, and Xu Huang will sink them all.
Zhou Yu kept sending his soldiers into the water while letting the warship retreat.
If he wants to win, he can only pin all his hopes on the soldiers under the water, who can chisel through Xu Huang's warship.
Otherwise, they would all be bombarded by Xu Huang until they sank to the bottom.
On the water, the sound of bombardment continued.
Some clay pots did not fall to the opposite warship, but fell into the water, exploded in the water, and rushed into a heavy wave.
Some of the boats, even if they were not hit, were overturned by the waves.
Underwater battles are even more dangerous.
The naval army of Soochow is not only holding a hammer, but also a dagger in someone's hands.
They are like fish, weaving through the water, popping out of the water from time to time, sucking in the bloody air before sinking to the bottom.
It's just that they want to scuttle through the warships of the Zhao army, but it is not so easy.
First, there were Zhao army sailors to block the attack, even if some people were lucky and touched the bottom of the warship.
However, the bottom of the ship was wrapped in iron sheets, and although the iron sheets were not very thick, they could not be chiseled through in a short time.
Even if the iron sheet is broken, the planks at the bottom of the ship are a foot thick, and it is not so easy to chisel through.
The battle continues.
On Zhou Yu's side, although there are many warships and large numbers, the chances of victory are getting slimmer and slimmer.
Zhou Yu could only watch as the warships were hit by artillery fire, and then slowly sank into the water in the fire.
I thought that Zhao Jun's sailors couldn't do it, and they could win.
But after the first battle, Zhou Yu found that they were no longer on the same level as Zhao Hui.
In front of Zhao Hui, they were like those ignorant mountain people in the land of Wuyue.
The two sides are not on the same level.
They want to fight with Zhao Hui, and now they have to be like those mountain people, hiding in the mountains and forests, sneaking up here, and ambushing a wave there.
In a head-on battle like this, they have no chance.
The south bank of the Yangtze River.
Sun Ce and Cao Cao appeared on the shore.
"This is the sailor in Zhao Hui's hands."
God, why give me such an opponent?
Whether it was Sun Ce or Cao Cao, they all felt very powerless in their hearts.
They tried their best, but the gap with Zhao Hui was always getting bigger and bigger.
Every time they fight, they become more and more powerless and confused.
"Could it be that he is really a child of destiny?"
"Defeated."
On the river, there were 100,000 sailors controlled by Zhou Yu, and countless fell into the water.
Although many people were well water-based, not all of them were able to escape as the ship sank.
More than a thousand warships, already completely in chaos.